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Survey of Mycotoxins in Corn Distillers’ Dried Grains with Solubles from Seventy-Eight Ethanol Plants in Twelve States in the U.S. in 2011

Fuel ethanol co-products known as distillers’ dried grains with solubles (DDGS) are a significant source of energy, protein, and phosphorous in animal feed. Fuel ethanol production may concentrate mycotoxins present in corn into DDGS. One...

Carlos Avilán (Community Manager)

Publication of news release

EFSA Risk Assessment of Mycotoxins - Stimulating research and data collection

Mycotoxins are poisonous chemicals produced by moulds. They can contaminate food and feed crops such as cereals and nuts. Outside Europe consumers and farm animals in some countries may have greater exposure to these toxins. Climate change makes...

A.M. Abdelhamid (Egypt)

Technical publication

Is It Possible To Detoxify Aflatoxic Aquafeed?

Aflatoxin B is very toxic, even at a low concentration as 5 ppb (ng/g), for Nile tilapia. It threat fish morphology, gross pathology, liver histology, growth performance and internal organs indices, feed utilization, body...

Trevor Smith (Canada)

Video publishing

Effects of mycotoxin contamination on sow productivity

Trevor Smith (University of Guelph) talked about contaminated feedstuffs and their impact on gestating sows and piglets, during IPPE 2019 in Atlanta...

Ram Singh (India)

Technical publication

Efficacy of hydrated sodium calcium aluminosilicate in ameliorating ochratoxicosis in broiler chickens

The present study was aimed to determine whether the addition hydrated sodium calcium aluminosilicate would ameliorate the deleterious effects of ochratoxin A in broiler...

Charles Hurburgh (United States)

Technical publication

Crop Quality Hurt by Rains

Corn moisture contents vary widely but field mold is showing up. Most field molds grow on corn after blacklayer; rapid drydown normally prevents significant further problems. Fields should be scouted for molds because some species have...

Dr. Suresh Nipane (India)

Technical publication

Mycotoxins: Still present threat to Poultry Industries?

Mycotoxins are a diverse group of toxic secondary metabolites produced by certain moulds when they grow on agricultural products. They do not belong to a single class of chemical compounds, and they differ in their...

Ram Singh (India)

Technical publication

Effect of Methionine Supplementation in Ameliorating Aflatoxicosis in Broiler Chickens

Changes in the composition of poultry diets (dietary modifications) alleviate the adverse effects of aflatoxin in the poultry. Inclusion of slightly higher methionine in feed of coloured broiler chickens was beneficial to...

Ram Singh (India)

Technical publication

Mycotoxicosis and its Management in Poultry

Mould infection of crops (feedstuffs) can occur in the field, during harvesting, drying, storage and during processing. Similarly, mycotoxin production can occur at one or all of these stages. Mould can cause...

Stoycho Stoev (Bulgaria)

Technical publication

Complex Etiology, Prophylaxis and Hygiene Control in Mycotoxic Nephropathies in Farm Animals and Humans

The mycotoxic nephropathy (MN) is a renal disorder caused by alimentary ingestion of secondary fungal metabolites possessing nephrotoxic properties and encountered in feeds/foods/forages made mainly from cereals or fibrous plants, and kept in...

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